January 30, 2008

The Anglican Covenant Design Group, chaired by the Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Revd Drexel Gomez, is currently meeting at the Anglican Communion Office in London. Provinces represented on the Covenant Design Group are: Wales, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, USA, Canada, West Africa, Southern Africa, West Indies, England, as well as the Diocese of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), as well as Anglican Communion and Lambeth Palace staff.

Canon Gregory Cameron of the Anglican Communion Office, Secretary of the Covenant Design Group said today, "The focus of this week's meeting is to examine responses to the draft Covenant from the provinces and to prepare a subsequent text to move the process forward to the Lambeth Conference and beyond."

Anglican Communion News Service, London